AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Well break down trends, compare Early Decision and Regular Decision rates, and take a closer look at transfer and waitlist statistics. Early Decision 5,207 1,174 22.6% The Early Decision acceptance rate is significantly highera trend seen across most elite schools. Overall 50,018 3,801 7.6%

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In this blog, well break down Rice Universitys acceptance rate and key admissions trends, including Regular and Early Admissions, yield, transfer, and waitlist rates. Youll also get quick tips on building a strong application, from GPA and test scores to extracurriculars and essays. Early Decision 2,886 442 15.3%

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Admissions Village

JUNE 19, 2024

Admissions Decision: The outcome determined by a college's admissions committee regarding a student's application. Possible decisions include acceptance/admission, deferral to the regular decision pool (for applications submitted in the early rounds), placement on a waitlist, or denial of admission.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

In keeping with that theme, lets venture to a topic that some of you may find highly relevant as college admission decisions are being released: deferrals. There are few things more anti clear-cut than decisions like defer and waitlist. Will more students choose to apply in our regular decision round than early?

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Yale Acceptance Rate Trends Yale Regular Decision Acceptance Rate Yale Early Action Acceptance Rate How to Get Accepted into Yale Yale Transfer Acceptance Rate Yale Waitlist Acceptance Rate Frequently Asked Questions Takeaways What Is Yale’s Acceptance Rate? Single-Choice Early Action 7,856 709 9% Overall 57,465 2,146 3.7%

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Berkeley² Academy

DECEMBER 20, 2024

You will receive one of the following decisions: Accepted: Congratulations, the college wants you to enroll! Waitlisted: The college doesnt have space within a specific school or major. Keep up with your coursework and extracurricular activities to help you smoothly transition to the rigor and demand of college life.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Lying about anything—your race, family income, extracurriculars, essays, or even accomplishments—can have serious consequences. For students who applied through Early Decision or Early Action, acceptance letters generally arrive in mid-December. A tip-off reveals you lied, and the college revokes your acceptance.

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Princeton College Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

While being deferred or waitlisted can be disappointing and in many respects can feel like a rejection, it is important to understand what being deferred or waitlisted means. With deferrals and waitlists you are still very much in the game but what you do from that point forward can make a significant difference.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Brown Acceptance Rate Trends Brown Regular Decision Acceptance Rate Brown Early Decision Acceptance Rate How to Get Accepted into Brown Brown Transfer Acceptance Rate Brown Waitlist Acceptance Rate Frequently Asked Questions Takeaways What Is Browns Acceptance Rate? Early Decision 6,244 898 14.4%

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Well also give you tips to help boost your odds, break down important deadlines, and share insights into transfer and waitlist stats. It operates under a Restrictive Early Action (REA) policy. You cant apply EA or Early Decision to other U.S. There are rare cases of students making it off the waitlist.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this guide, we’ll unpack the numbers behind Stanford’s acceptance rate, looking at everything from Regular Decision and Early Action stats to transfer and waitlist rates. Stanford Restrictive Early Action policy Stanford’s REA program has a few rules you’ll want to know.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

What summer programs or extracurriculars should I take? Early decision and early action applications usually have deadlines in November of your senior year, while most regular decision applications are due between January 1 and March 1. Submit your early decision application if that’s the route you’ve chosen.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 13, 2023

Applicants who accept their offers of admission will join the 255 incoming students admitted through the early decision program in December to form the Class of 2027. In addition to the 858 students who were accepted, 14 students were deferred from the early decision round.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In addition to being two of their toughest academic years, your child will be tasked with maximizing their standardized test scores, continuing to pursue high-impact extracurricular activities, securing recommendation letters, and working on their college applications by writing essay upon essay. Study for ACT or SAT. Complete college visits.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Bowdoin offers Early Decision I and Early Decision II application options, and they defer students who are neither accepted nor denied from each round to the regular decision cycle. This letter isn’t binding, as you have been released from the Early Decision agreement, but it can be hugely impactful.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Amherst receives nearly 14,000 applications for first-year admissions, and about 10% of those are submitted in the Early Decision round. At Amherst there are two potential outcomes for an Early Decision application: acceptance or deferral. This is because Amherst typically does not reject Early Decision applicants.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

They have also experienced a massive surge in Early Decision applicants, likely related to the decreasing acceptances at top colleges across the board nationally. Most students we meet after a deferral decision feel behind, whether it’s because they haven’t working on writing or don’t even have a solid list.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 10, 2024

You applied to Swarthmore Early Decision because you wanted an answer, early. But now you’re here, with a deferral decision, and everything is up in the air. We meet these students after a surprising rejection or a disappointing waitlist decision. Accepted or rejected, at least you would have an answer.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2024

Should you apply to medical school via early decision? Pros and cons Part 4: Early decision application strategies Part 5: Frequently asked questions about early decision for medical school Part 6: List of early decision medical schools - Part 1: Introduction What is the Early Decision Program for medical school?

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 7, 2023

Most recently, 46% of the class was filled in the early decision cycle and the acceptance rate for that cohort was 19% , an all-time low for the university. This rise in exclusivity has impacted the waitlist process, too. Those aren’t great odds, so you should probably call-in help if you’re eyeing a shot at the waitlist.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 10, 2024

And while students do get waitlisted, it’s really tough to get off the Carnegie Mellon waitlist. All waitlists are hard to get off. News & World Report , Carnegie Mellon is one of the top 10 hardest schools in America to get off the waitlist. The Priority Waiting List is basically like an early decision pledge.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

To find their ideal students, the BU admissions committee closely evaluates applicants’ academics, test scores, and extracurriculars. Surely, you don’t want them to be overwhelmed and earn poor grades or be forced to drop their meaningful extracurricular activities. Suggested reading: What is a Good SAT Score?

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This year, they accepted 850 students for the 2023 freshman class, with an Early Decision acceptance rate of 26%. While we don’t know how many students they offered spots on the waitlist, nor how many accepted spots on the waitlist, we do know that in 2023 they only accepted 29 waitlisted students.

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Elite Open School

DECEMBER 21, 2020

While all applications eventually end in one of these results, applicants are often either first deferred or waitlisted along the way. What does it mean to be deferred or waitlisted to college? And if you’ve been waitlisted to your dream college, what should you do? Step #2: Understand why you’ve been waitlisted.

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

Early Action deadline of October 15 with a guarantee to receive the admissions decision by January 15. Introduction of a waitlist for the first time in many years. 1, with a guaranteed decision communicated by Feb. A Waitlist Like the essay change, I support this modification.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Many high school juniors are busy with school work, extracurricular activities, and other responsibilities, not to mention the burdens of the ongoing pandemic. This letter can be from a coach, an advisor who has supervised one of your significant extracurricular activities, or an employer. March-April Receive Regular Decision offers.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 18, 2024

Those of you who have heard good news from your Early Decision and Early Action schools can start looking forward to your freshman year of college. SENIORS: FINISH THE YEAR STRONG Keep your grades up: Especially for students who have been admitted in the Early Decision round, it’s easy to assume you can take the spring off.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Extracurricular activities , and, perhaps most importantly, commitment and enthusiasm for a small number of clubs, teams, or other organizations, also demonstrates excellence. Defer means your child will be re-entered into the pool and will hear back by the end of March, and may be accepted, waitlisted, or rejected then.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Well dig into trends, compare Early Decision to Regular Decision rates, and explore transfer and waitlist stats. If you look closer, theres a clear divide between Early Decision (ED) and Regular Decision (RD) acceptance rates: Application Type Total Applications Accepted Acceptance Rate Regular Decision 28,107 1,079 3.8%

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

They want to educate future leaders in STEM, meaning they’re also looking for intellectual creativity and curiosity, often demonstrated through extracurricular activities. MIT follows an early action model (in contrast to early decision), which means that your child does not need to attend MIT if they are accepted at this stage.

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BestColleges

APRIL 23, 2024

For some, that begins with early admissions programs, especially Early Decision (ED), which, unlike Early Action, is binding, meaning students must commit to attend if offered a spot. In this case, that drawing board is the waitlist, the “maybe” of college admissions. But just how does the waitlist affect yield?

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ACM College Consulting

JULY 3, 2024

Early Action vs Early Decision and Regular Decision Personal statement/college essay topics Extracurricular activities and how to shape your resume Who, how and when to ask for recommendation letters What to do if your application is deferred or you are waitlisted FAFSA The importance of campus visits Is demonstrated interest important?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

STUDENT ACCEPTED TO UPENN VIA EARLY DECISION "Just wanted to send over a note that I just recently received an invitation to join the UPenn class of 2026! They also want to see how your child challenges themselves with extracurricular activities. Your child can also apply regular decision to Penn, by January 5th.

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College Essay Guy

APRIL 5, 2024

We’ll explain what deferred means, why colleges defer applicants, the difference between deferred vs waitlisted, and how you can improve your chances of still gaining admission. Deferred vs waitlisted What do I do if I’m deferred? What does waitlisted mean, and how is it different from deferred? Let’s begin. There’s more.

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Berkeley² Academy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Take into consideration all factors (academic, extracurricular, financial, etc.) 4. Maintain your academic and extracurricular involvement Remember that colleges can request your official high school transcript upon graduation, so now is the time to finish strong with your academics!

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

of early decision I and II applicants were admitted. The prompt, which students can choose over the traditional prompt about their extracurricular activities, focuses on civil discourse and learning from different viewpoints. and 5.6%, respectively. Vanderbilt only began handing out deferrals with the Class of 2026.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

With REA, you can apply early without committing to attend if you’re accepted. However, there’s a catch— you can’t apply to Early Action (EA), Restrictive Early Action (REA), or Early Decision (ED) at any other school. If you’re considering Stanford’s REA instead of the Regular Decision route, stick around.

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